Students from YHS and Golden Eagle participate in Shasta Forestry Challenge

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Oct 11, 2017 at 9:32 AM

Eleven students from Yreka High School and seven students from Golden Eagle Charter High School participated recently in the 2017 Shasta Forestry Challenge, one group of a total of 97 high school students from 14 schools from northern and central California.

Eleven students from Yreka High School and seven students from Golden Eagle Charter High School participated recently in the 2017 Shasta Forestry Challenge, one group of a total of 97 high school students from 14 schools from northern and central California. The event took place Sept. 27–30 at Mountain Meadows Camp, east of Shingletown, California.

One of the highlights for the students this year was the opportunity to recommend a silvicultural prescription for the Lost Creek Unit, owned by Fruit Growers Supply Company. After spending a day in the forest collecting data and interacting with natural resource professionals, students recommended a prescription that would be practical, economically sound, and in compliance with the California Forest Practice Rules.

During the Challenge, teams of students also go through a field test to assess their technical forestry knowledge and data collecting skills.

“It was a great application-based experience for my students,” said Yreka High School teacher Christian Birch.

Jazzmin Wilson, a sophomore at Yreka, summed it up as follows, “It is an amazing experience and you learn a lot of really cool things about natural resources and keeping our forests clean.”

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